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VAKS began hearing the civil case of the former deputy Galushchenko
The High Anti-Corruption Court held a preparatory hearing in the case concerning the civil confiscation of assets belonging to former Deputy Minister of Energy Oleksandr Heylo.
The SAP is asking to recover to the state’s revenue a residential house and a plot of land in the Kyiv region with a total value of about 5 million UAH.
According to the prosecutor's office, the property is registered to third parties, but in fact it was purchased on Heylo’s instruction, and he did not have lawful income to make such a purchase.
A third party has appeared in the process — Mariia Heilo. She claims to be the “actual owner” of the disputed house and to actually live there. The court will later decide whether to join Mariia Heilo to the case.
According to the lawyer’s version, Mariia Heilo and the defendant Mariia Bereza reached an oral agreement with the characteristics of a commission contract: Heilo financed the purchase with borrowed funds, and Bereza bought the real estate in her interest.
Moreover, the Kyiv-Sviatoshynskyi District Court is already considering a suit to recognize private ownership in favor of Mariia Heilo.
Mariia Bereza herself even submitted an envelope to the court containing a letter from Mariia Heilo, in which she demands that the property be re-registered in her name. The court attached this letter to the case file.
Heylo’s representative filed a challenge against judges Nataliia Movchan and Kateryna Sikora because both previously acted as investigative judges in the criminal proceedings concerning Heylo.
Movchan set his pretrial restriction measure, and Sikora authorized the searches and arrest.
The lawyer argued that the judges had already evaluated this evidence and might be biased. The SAP prosecutor opposed the challenge; the judges declared the recusal motion unfounded and denied it.
Recall that, separately, Oleksandr Heylo is being tried on a criminal charge of extorting a bribe of 500 thousand dollars for exporting unique coal equipment from the then-frontline Pokrovsk.
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